HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 8GB DDR4 2x 146GB SAS P440 4GB FBWC

HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server

This HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server built for data-centre workloads that demand compute density and storage expandability. It ships with dual Xeon E5-2630 v3 processors, each delivering eight cores at 2.4 GHz, and 8 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across 24 DIMM slots. The Smart Array P440 controller with 4 GB FBWC manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS drives. Two 146 GB 15 K SAS drives are installed in the 24-bay SFF chassis.

Check power, rack space and memory needs

Verify that your rack provides 2U of vertical clearance and that the facility can supply redundant 500 W hot-swap power connections. Confirm the DDR4 ECC registered modules you plan to add match the 2400 MT/s specification and the 12-slots-per-processor layout. Ensure your operating system and hypervisor support the Intel C610 chipset and the Matrox G200eH2 graphics output. The server arrives without an operating system, so licences and installation media must be prepared separately.

Fits standard 2U racks with room to grow

The 24 SFF drive bays accept additional 2.5-inch SAS drives, and an optional rear cage adds two more bays without increasing rack height. Dual redundant power supplies free a second circuit for failover while leaving the front bays fully accessible. The P440 controller’s 4 GB flash-backed write cache accelerates write-heavy workloads and protects data during power loss. Memory can scale to 3 TB using the 24 DIMM slots, allowing the platform to grow from basic virtualisation to memory-intensive databases.